heyja

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Related to hey (hay).

Verb

heyja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative heyjaði, supine heyjað)

  1. to make hay
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Old Norse heyja, from Proto-Germanic *hawjaną, cognate with Old English ġehēgan.

Verb

heyja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative háði, supine háð)

  1. (transitive) to wage, hold, conduct, carry out (e.g. a battle, war)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hawjaną.

Verb

heyja

  1. (transitive) to hold, to conduct
  2. to fight, to wage (battle)

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: heyja

References

  • heyja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press